As the most glorious club in the history of Chinese football, the future of Guangzhou is being presented to the fans in an uncertain way. Zhang Linpeng is a meritorious courtier who witnessed the rise and fall of the Guangzhou team, since the acquisition of Evergrande Group in 2011, Zhang Linpeng transferred to the Guangzhou team, staying here for 11 years, Guangzhou has become his second home, but now this family has to abandon this wanderer.
Because the Guangzhou team is experiencing a serious financial crisis, the team's operating situation is not optimistic. Although under the leadership of the veteran captain Zheng Zhi, the team spontaneously organized training and successfully completed the rematch, and finally qualified to participate in the AFC Champions League play-offs, and passed the team's most dangerous moment, but professional football is not a public welfare undertaking after all, the players can not abandon the club, to a large extent, the trust in the Guangzhou team can come back to life, if the Evergrande Group led by Xu Jiayin can not get out of the crisis, restore normal operations, and ensure the normal salary of the players, then the Guangzhou team is difficult to say that there is a future.
At 11:00 a.m. Beijing time on January 16, Zhang Linpeng, who accompanied the team through 11 years of spring and autumn, was interviewed by the media. He said emotionally: "This team really touched me, everyone has not received the basic salary they deserve for several months, but in this case no one said that they wanted to quit, or made the extreme behavior of the strike, and they continued to spontaneously enter the field with a tacit understanding, and tried every point of effort." This is my 11th year in Guangzhou, and I really love home here, but the feeling of suddenly leaving home will definitely make me very uncomfortable. ”
From Zhang Linpeng's statement, it is not difficult to hear that she is still full of love for the Guangzhou team, and is very eager to stay here for a long time, and does not rule out the possibility of retiring in the Guangzhou team. In addition, guangzhou, as a giant, does have its unique club culture, and the ability of players to deal with crises has set a good example for other teams in Chinese football. But from the turn of the last sentence, it can also be heard that Zhang Linpeng's time in Guangzhou is already short, and the club has no intention of renewing his contract with him, from the contract point of view, Zhang Linpeng will become free at the end of this year, and perhaps that will be the time for him to leave.
This move also triggered a heated discussion among the majority of fans, who all believed that letting go of Zhang Linpeng was too desperate, and in 11 seasons, Zhang Linpeng fought with Guangzhou for a total of 16 championship trophies and played 328 games for the team, which is the oldest player besides Zheng Zhi. Now that Zhang Linpeng is in the final golden age of his career, he is fully worthy of the club to send him a lifetime contract. At present, it is impossible to speculate why Guangzhou team will choose to refuse Zhang Linpeng's contract extension, if it is really because the team's funds are not enough to afford these top-paid players, then it seems that the decline of Guangzhou team is already in the near future.
At present, the attitude of Xu Jiayin, the head of Evergrande Group, is very critical, he is ready to let go of the Guangzhou team, withdraw from Chinese football in the future, or make up his mind to coexist and die with the Guangzhou team, which is the key to whether the club can continue to survive. Evergrande Group can complete the resumption of work and production in the new year, but also to test Xu Jiayin's time, if Evergrande Group can not get rid of the downturn in a short period of time, I am afraid that the Guangzhou team will have a future, here can only wish this Chinese Super League eight-crown team a great fate, can have a day to stand up again, do you think guangzhou team will have a future?